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单词 cantillate
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cantillate

[ kan-tl-eyt ]
/ ˈkæn tlˌeɪt /
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verb (used with object), can·til·lat·ed, can·til·lat·ing.

to chant; intone.

Origin of cantillate

1860–65; <Late Latin cantillātus sung low, hummed (past participle of cantillāre), equivalent to cant- sing (see cant1) + -ill- diminutive suffix + -ātus-ate1

OTHER WORDS FROM cantillate

can·til·la·tion, noun

Words nearby cantillate

Cantigny, cantilena, cantilever, cantilever bridge, cantilever foundation, cantillate, cantillation, Cantillon, cantina, canting, canting arms
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Example sentences from the Web for cantillate

  • Does Mr. Arnold Bennett cantillate his "copy" into the horn of a graphophone or use a motor-stylus?

    Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 24, 1920.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cantillate

cantillate
/ (ˈkæntɪˌleɪt) /

verb

to chant (passages of the Hebrew Scriptures) according to the traditional Jewish melody
to intone or chant

Word Origin for cantillate

C19: from Late Latin cantillāre to sing softly, from Latin cantāre to sing
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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